English name in Chinese

Mars 马尔斯 mǎ ěr sī

The usual Chinese spelling of Mars is 马尔斯 (mǎ ěr sī).

Characters: 3 Pinyin: mǎ ěr sī Usage: more often male
mǎ ěr sī

Character by character

马
mǎ

horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

尔
ěr

you; that, those; final particle

斯
sī

this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

How it reads

This is a transliteration: the characters were chosen because they sound like Mars. Chinese readers will hear your English name in it, which is the point — you will see this spelling in news, subtitles, and sports commentary. It is not a name a Chinese family would sit down and choose, and it does not carry a wish the way a native given name usually does.

The first character, 马, is also a Chinese surname. That is common in these spellings and usually harmless, but it means the string can also be read as a surname plus a one-character given name — say the whole thing out loud in context before you use it on a document.

Using it as your name

Written this way, 马尔斯 works as a given name on its own, and you can add a surname in front of it. If you would rather have a name chosen for meaning — one that reads as Chinese rather than as an imported spelling — the Finder builds options from characters with documented meanings and shows you where each one comes from. Already using a Chinese name? Check it for tones, homophones, and famous-name collisions.

Source

mandarinwow《中英文名字对照》

Spellings on this page are collected from published lists and from names real foreigners use in China. They are a reference, not a recommendation: a name you can explain is better than a name that merely matches a dictionary.